...the it being a kilt each and every day for the month of September. That is, at least if I remember to get myself a kilt or three and all the accessories by August 2015 and then sign up before September. I had wanted to do it this year but did not post a reminder for myself and it slipped my mind until too late. To that end for next year, I just placed an entry on my MSN Outlook calendar, for August 1st, as a reminder to buy or otherwise acquire some kilts and the gear I'll need to kilt up for next year's Prostate Awareness Month and the Kilted To Kick Cancer fundraiser. I am going to bet that even on my first try, I will come in as one of the top three fundraisers because I know that my family, friends, and readers (yes that means you and you and you and you...) will help me there just as you all helped spiritually when I had cancer and heaven knows I kicked its arse. No, mine was not prostate cancer but KTKC an excellent cause nonetheless. Prostate cancer is the number 2 cancer killer among men behind only lung cancer. If we men live long enough they say we will all get it sooner or later. My father died from it and I for one do not want to go the way he did, it was pretty terrible from the what I saw of him suffering with it.
Anyway, you who know me can expect me to hit you up and hit you hard, next year, for the KTKC fundraiser during the month of September (again, if I my little gray cells and my calendar remind me). As do others who are trying to raise funds, I plan to wear a kilt each and every day of September 2015 and to post pictures of me doing so here on my blog an on Facebook. Of course, the way things are going now, that is if Ebola does not get me first.
Seriously though folks, I hope you will start to scrimp and save now. I have restarted saving in my change/dollar bill jar toward my donation for next year. I suggest you do something similar if you plan on donating. Think about that realistically; you can take a quart sized jar (or better yet a gallon sized one) and start putting your loose change and maybe a loose dollar bill or three into the jar on a daily basis - all with the intent of using however much you save in it toward a donation for Kilted To Kick Cancer for next September's fundraiser. It's all to fight prostate cancer (and to see me and my milky white legs in a kilt all month long).
In addition, I throw down the gauntlet and I am making an additional promise above and beyond that of me wearing a kilt, and I think far beyond what any other KTKC participant fund raiser has ever done yet, and that is: On each day that I bring it at least $150 for the day in donations for the KTKC during the month of September 2015 - I will make a video and post it online of me doing a Dunk Your Junk, albeit it a fast one as I am not staying in the bucket and drinking a beer (unless someone tries to do me one better). Yes that is akin to the ALS ice bucket challenge but this will involve: me wearing a kilt, what is under the kilt and a bucket of ice into which I will lower and dunk what is under the kilt. That means that if on day one, I bring in $150 in donations - I will dunk my junk that day and post a video of it (safe for home or work viewing promised). Then on day two, excluding the money brought in prior to that day - if I bring in an additional $150 on that day, I will again dunk my junk, video myself doing so and post it. However if, on day three (for example), I only bring in an additional $99, I will get a break from what I suspect will be my icy cold fate for next September. for that day. I just hope they have not turned blue and fallen off by October.
Team Jay G was this and last years' winner of the KTKC fundraising competition - more here on this year's fund-drive. I used to donate through Jay's team but alas, and sadly for them, they are about to lose my input. After all, through whom better is there for me to donate than my own team! So I hope to establish and set up Team Glenn B (aka: Team Ballseye) and to make all of my own donations though my own team. I also am hoping that many of you will do likewise and be generous in your donations through my team - but not until September 1, 2015 when I promise to tart hitting you up for donations. That alone should help give me a fair start to at least one of the stop three slots in the competition.
As for the competition, here it is in a nutshell: Numerous participants will sign up, via KTKC, as fundraisers with the goal of raising for funds during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September 2015. Many, if not al, will wear kilts during September. As an incentive to get them to raise funds and to wear kilts while doing so - prizes will be awarded to the top three fundraisers. Now mind you - the prizes are not - I repeat ARE NOT - paid for by any money from the donations that you give. The prizes are donated to the cause by firearms related businesses since the participants have traditionally been firearms friendly bloggers. Info about this years KTKC fundraiser and the completion can be seen here:
http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/kiltedtokickcancer/
Now there is also a twist to that. Not only are prizes going to be awarded to the top three fund raisers, but some of the fund raisers also award prizes to some of the folks who donate through their team. For example, Team Jay G, to whom I made my previous donations, will be holding a drawing for some nice prizes in this years drive. Tose prizes will be awarded, I think, to a single winner (last year he had multiple winners). What he does is to credit each $5 that someone donates toward a chance in a random drawing. Then from among all those who donated at least $5 through his team he draws a winner or winners. So if you donated $5 you get one chance but if you donated $100 you get 20 chances at winning the prizes. Rest assured, I will do likewise for those of you who donate through team Glenn B (aka: Team Ballseye) next year in September 2015. Mind you, I can accept donations though my team at any time, once I register it; however, donations for the KTKC competition in September 2015 can only be accepted from 00:01 CST on September 1 through 23:59 CST on September 30, 2015. I have no cue what prizes I will offer but some of them (probably not all) will be firearms related - hopefully someone out there will donate something neat to be included as prizes to those who donate through me and prizes will be awarded by random drawing as mentioned above from those who have donated at least $5 through my team during the time frame from 00:01 CST on September 1 through 23:59 CST on September 30, 2015. (My prize give away will be limited to participation by those 18 years old or older and to those legally residing within the lower 48 states of the USA and to those who can legally receive and possess the prizes.)
Wish me luck and if you think of it next August - give me a poke to remind me to get ready for the 2015 Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraiser. The only other thing I have to say is: Watch out Team Jay G, the competition is about to get serious. I literally have kicked cancer's arse once and mean to kick it again, in another manner of speaking, this time around. Want an idea of how serious am I - turn your speakers up for this:
Now just so you know, there is no disrespect meant to the other kilt wearing fund raisers by me using that version showing Johnny Cash flipping the bird. That finger was not meant for any of them but is meant for the cancers whose arses we are kicking. Now where in Hades can I start buying kilts?
All the best,
Glenn B
Anyway, you who know me can expect me to hit you up and hit you hard, next year, for the KTKC fundraiser during the month of September (again, if I my little gray cells and my calendar remind me). As do others who are trying to raise funds, I plan to wear a kilt each and every day of September 2015 and to post pictures of me doing so here on my blog an on Facebook. Of course, the way things are going now, that is if Ebola does not get me first.
Seriously though folks, I hope you will start to scrimp and save now. I have restarted saving in my change/dollar bill jar toward my donation for next year. I suggest you do something similar if you plan on donating. Think about that realistically; you can take a quart sized jar (or better yet a gallon sized one) and start putting your loose change and maybe a loose dollar bill or three into the jar on a daily basis - all with the intent of using however much you save in it toward a donation for Kilted To Kick Cancer for next September's fundraiser. It's all to fight prostate cancer (and to see me and my milky white legs in a kilt all month long).
In addition, I throw down the gauntlet and I am making an additional promise above and beyond that of me wearing a kilt, and I think far beyond what any other KTKC participant fund raiser has ever done yet, and that is: On each day that I bring it at least $150 for the day in donations for the KTKC during the month of September 2015 - I will make a video and post it online of me doing a Dunk Your Junk, albeit it a fast one as I am not staying in the bucket and drinking a beer (unless someone tries to do me one better). Yes that is akin to the ALS ice bucket challenge but this will involve: me wearing a kilt, what is under the kilt and a bucket of ice into which I will lower and dunk what is under the kilt. That means that if on day one, I bring in $150 in donations - I will dunk my junk that day and post a video of it (safe for home or work viewing promised). Then on day two, excluding the money brought in prior to that day - if I bring in an additional $150 on that day, I will again dunk my junk, video myself doing so and post it. However if, on day three (for example), I only bring in an additional $99, I will get a break from what I suspect will be my icy cold fate for next September. for that day. I just hope they have not turned blue and fallen off by October.
Team Jay G was this and last years' winner of the KTKC fundraising competition - more here on this year's fund-drive. I used to donate through Jay's team but alas, and sadly for them, they are about to lose my input. After all, through whom better is there for me to donate than my own team! So I hope to establish and set up Team Glenn B (aka: Team Ballseye) and to make all of my own donations though my own team. I also am hoping that many of you will do likewise and be generous in your donations through my team - but not until September 1, 2015 when I promise to tart hitting you up for donations. That alone should help give me a fair start to at least one of the stop three slots in the competition.
As for the competition, here it is in a nutshell: Numerous participants will sign up, via KTKC, as fundraisers with the goal of raising for funds during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September 2015. Many, if not al, will wear kilts during September. As an incentive to get them to raise funds and to wear kilts while doing so - prizes will be awarded to the top three fundraisers. Now mind you - the prizes are not - I repeat ARE NOT - paid for by any money from the donations that you give. The prizes are donated to the cause by firearms related businesses since the participants have traditionally been firearms friendly bloggers. Info about this years KTKC fundraiser and the completion can be seen here:
http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com/kiltedtokickcancer/
Now there is also a twist to that. Not only are prizes going to be awarded to the top three fund raisers, but some of the fund raisers also award prizes to some of the folks who donate through their team. For example, Team Jay G, to whom I made my previous donations, will be holding a drawing for some nice prizes in this years drive. Tose prizes will be awarded, I think, to a single winner (last year he had multiple winners). What he does is to credit each $5 that someone donates toward a chance in a random drawing. Then from among all those who donated at least $5 through his team he draws a winner or winners. So if you donated $5 you get one chance but if you donated $100 you get 20 chances at winning the prizes. Rest assured, I will do likewise for those of you who donate through team Glenn B (aka: Team Ballseye) next year in September 2015. Mind you, I can accept donations though my team at any time, once I register it; however, donations for the KTKC competition in September 2015 can only be accepted from 00:01 CST on September 1 through 23:59 CST on September 30, 2015. I have no cue what prizes I will offer but some of them (probably not all) will be firearms related - hopefully someone out there will donate something neat to be included as prizes to those who donate through me and prizes will be awarded by random drawing as mentioned above from those who have donated at least $5 through my team during the time frame from 00:01 CST on September 1 through 23:59 CST on September 30, 2015. (My prize give away will be limited to participation by those 18 years old or older and to those legally residing within the lower 48 states of the USA and to those who can legally receive and possess the prizes.)
Wish me luck and if you think of it next August - give me a poke to remind me to get ready for the 2015 Kilted to Kick Cancer fundraiser. The only other thing I have to say is: Watch out Team Jay G, the competition is about to get serious. I literally have kicked cancer's arse once and mean to kick it again, in another manner of speaking, this time around. Want an idea of how serious am I - turn your speakers up for this:
Now just so you know, there is no disrespect meant to the other kilt wearing fund raisers by me using that version showing Johnny Cash flipping the bird. That finger was not meant for any of them but is meant for the cancers whose arses we are kicking. Now where in Hades can I start buying kilts?
All the best,
Glenn B
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